New York City
The Notorious B.I.G. Will Receive Empire State Honor For 50th Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty The Notorious B.I.G. was tragically murdered in 1997 at the age of 24, just as his career was soon to take on new heights. New York City will honor the Hip-Hop legend‘s 50th birthday this weekend. The Notorious B.I.G. AKA Biggie Smalls Is The Illest On Friday (May 20), the Empire State Building will host a ceremony ahead of illuminating the building the following day. The venture is a partnership between Bad Boy, Atlantic Records, Rhino Records, and the estate of The Notorious B.I.G. Related Stories Along with the lighting ceremony, the Empire State Building Observatory Experience will feature an avatar of Biggie Smalls for viewing. The photograph will display throughout Saturday, and fans can purchase exclusive Biggie x ESB appare...
“Air Force 1” by Louis Vuitton Exhibit Coming To NYC On May 21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Louis Vuitton / Louis Vuitton If your money wasn’t long enough to secure a “Air Force 1” by Louis Vuitton sneaker there is hope. The sneaker designed by Virgil Abloh will be up for grabs at an upcoming exhibit in New York City. As per Sneaker News the coveted shoe will be coming to the big apple this month. From May 21-31, 2022, the exhibition Louis Vuitton and Nike “Air Force 1” by Virgil Abloh will take place at the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in Brooklyn. Open to the public, the expansive showcase charts the creative dialogue between Nike and Louis Vuitton envisioned by the Maison’s Men’s Artistic Director Virgil Abloh for the Spring-Summer 2022 collection prior to his passing on November 28, 2021. Related Stories The 47 editions of the Nike Air...
Spoon Make Up for Postponement with Flawless Set in New York City: Photos + Setlist
No matter how careful or vaccinated we are, touring during the pandemic still isn’t easy. Spoon were recently forced to postpone a trio of shows after members of their party tested positive (and their current opener, Margaret Glaspy, had to pull out of a number of other shows for the same reason). When they finally did get back on track, Britt Daniel’s voice started to give out, causing yet more delays. It’s just not easy out there for touring bands right now — which makes shows like Spoon and Glaspy’s Friday, May 6th gig at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom all the more special. The show was one of those three aforementioned postponements, rescheduled under the mini-tour title “Let’s Try This Again…” Spoon made up for the delay by delivering a ferocious set full of hits and surprises. They ...
DJ Launches Streaming Series to Pay Tribute to Danceteria, One of NYC’s Most Iconic Nightclubs
Rafe Gomez won’t settle for “you had to be there.” Driven by a fascination of the iconic New York City nightclub Danceteria, Gomez, an esteemed DJ and dance music producer, decided to launch a radio show to pay tribute. Beloved for its iconoclastic influence, marathon DJ sets and bold musical choices, the club initially opened as an illicit, unlicensed venue in 1979. “There was fantastic cross-pollination of music styles and genres at Danceteria,” says Gomez, who broadcasts his “Danceteria REWIND” show on Twitch. “Clubgoers enjoyed a boundary-free experience that combined rap, reggae, electro, new wave, hip hop, rock, old school funk, salsa, boogaloo, ska, and pretty much anything else that was cool and rhythmic. The DJs spun whatever go...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Slams Black Lives Matter After Frank James Arrest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pacific Press / Getty Mayor Eric Adams ran on the promise that he would be tough on crime in New York City and the Brownsville native’s time as a police officer informed his pointed stance. During a recent media appearance, Adams slammed the Black Lives Matter movement for what he framed as a lack of outrage aimed at the rising instances of violence among Black city youth. POLITICO reports that Adams, 61, recently appeared on New York local outlet NY1, where he took a swipe at Black Lives Matter in the wake of the arrest of suspected subway shooter Frank James. The mayor took the moment to essentially suggest that BLM’s focus is selective. “If Black lives matter, then the thousands of people I saw on the street when [George] Floyd was murdered should be o...
New York City Lifts Vaccination Status Requirements for Concerts
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced that the Key to NYC vaccination requirements have come to an end. The regulations required that concert venues—as well as bars and restaurants—validate customers’ proof of vaccination. The program went into effect last summer and has effectively been discontinued ended as of March 7th, 2022. The New York City government website notes that businesses can still validate vaccination status if they so choose. According to ABC7, Broadway shows will be among the businesses opting to maintain a vaccination and mask requirement through the end of the month at least. Whether or not more entertainment establishments will follow suit remains to be seen. Recommended Articles According to NY Daily News, Adams isn’t ruling out the p...
Bronx Man Pinched For Alleged Subway Poop Attack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Levine / Getty The New York City subway system has seen its fair share of disturbing incidents in the past few months, and one recently appalling case involving a man smearing feces in a straphanger’s face in the Bronx has led to the culprit being arrested. The New York Police Department announced on Monday (February 28th) that they arrested Frank Abrokwa for attacking a woman with feces at the Wakefield-East 241st Street station in the Bronx, which took place the week before. The woman, who is unidentified, was sitting on a bench on the southbound side of the platform during rush hour at 5:15 P.M. According to police reports and videotape footage that captured the entire incident, Abrokwa approached the woman while wielding a black plastic bag. W...
Bronx Man Pinched For Alleged Subway Poop Attack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Levine / Getty The New York City subway system has seen its fair share of disturbing incidents in the past few months, and one recently appalling case involving a man smearing feces in a straphanger’s face in the Bronx has led to the culprit being arrested. The New York Police Department announced on Monday (February 28th) that they arrested Frank Abrokwa for attacking a woman with feces at the Wakefield-East 241st Street station in the Bronx, which took place the week before. The woman, who is unidentified, was sitting on a bench on the southbound side of the platform during rush hour at 5:15 P.M. According to police reports and videotape footage that captured the entire incident, Abrokwa approached the woman while wielding a black plastic bag. W...
Billy Joel’s Map of New York City: A Virtual Tour of the Piano Man’s Discography
Though a Long Island native, New York City is Billy Joel’s home. In fact, you could almost say Madison Square Garden is his residence, as he played a record-setting 73 consecutive monthly shows at the legendary venue between January 2014 and February 2020, a streak only interrupted by the pandemic. But the city is more than just the place he lives: It’s been the soul of much of his iconic discography over the last 50 years. Whether taking a Greyhound along the Hudson River, strolling The Village in tie dye jeans, or working Mr. Cacciatore’s down on Sullivan Street, Joel imbued numerous songs with the landscape of New York. His characters have cruised the Miracle Mile and Bedford-Stuy, while familiar locations like Astor Place and Mercer Street have appeared on his album covers. There’s har...
College Student Busted For Smuggling Guns Into NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andy Kiss / Getty A 23-year-old college student went from the Dean’s List to the judge’s bench after facing more than 300 felony counts related to trafficking dozens of guns into New York City. Bronx native Shakor Rodriquez is accused of allegedly selling more than 70 guns, mostly loaded, to an undercover NYPD officer over the course of a year and a half, the New York Post reports. He is charged with criminal sale and criminal possession of a weapon, according to release from the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Rodriguez, a student at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, reportedly maintained a 3.5 GPA and made the school’s Dean’s List while he was reportedly smuggling guns into the Bronx and Manhattan’s Lower East Side via duffle bags ...
Watch Tiësto Perform On a Glass Floor Atop the Highest Sky Deck In The Western Hemisphere
Legendary Dutch DJ and dance music producer Tiësto took to new heights and performed at the highest sky deck in the western hemisphere, NYC’s Edge. The glass floor of Edge ups the ante on the coolness factor. Atop the roof in the brisk cold air of New York City, Tiësto dropped an eclectic mix of dance anthems old and new, like Delerium’s “Silence,” SLANDER’s “Love Is Gone,” while mixing in global hits like Billie Eilish’s “ocean eyes.” Tiësto is the first ever major DJ to perform atop Edge, joining the likes of Jennifer Hudson, Cardi B, The Weeknd, Maluma, Jennifer Lopez, and Justin Bieber. Bieber premiered his documentary, Our World, at Edge in the fall of 2021. Recommended Articles Tiësto’s riveting hourlong per...
NYC mayor getting paid in Bitcoin suggests buying the dip
Newly sworn-in New York City Mayor Eric Adams is already using his influence to publicly speak about buying the recent Bitcoin dip. In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Adams said he had not yet received his first paycheck as the mayor of New York City, but reiterated his aim to make the city a Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto hub. When co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin pointed out that the price of the crypto asset has “come down” — dipping as low as $43,000 earlier today — the NYC mayor seemed to be undeterred. “Sometimes the best time to buy is when things go down, so when they go back up, you made a good profit,” said Adams. “We need to use the technology of blockchain, Bitcoin, of all other forms of technology. I want New York City to be the center of that technology.” “Some...
